No. 01 Summer Hosting Details
I’ve always loved bringing people together. For more than a decade, I’ve been the one planning the dinner parties, starting traditions with my kids, setting the table, and finding little reasons to make ordinary moments feel special. Just this last year, I started Gather with Lauren as a place to share that love of gathering and hopefully inspire other women to do the same.
What started as pretty tables and hosting ideas has become something so much bigger. Gather with Lauren is about creating connection, building community, and making the people in our lives feel loved. I believe you don’t need the perfect home, the perfect menu, or a big occasion to gather. Sometimes you just need to send the invite, open your door, and make a little room at the table.
I’m Lauren, a wife, mom, lifelong gatherer, and firm believer that life is worth celebrating. My hope is that when you’re here, you leave with an idea that makes gathering feel a little easier, a little more beautiful, and a lot more doable.
— Lauren
Dinner Party
Inspired by Italian summer evenings where limoncello is poured at sunset and lemons find their way into every dish. The menu, the invitations, the playlist, the shopping list, the hosting timeline — planned start to finish.
I normally spend hours pulling ideas together before I host. This time I had a complete plan from the start.
see how it came together
No. 01 Summer Hosting Details
No. 02 Ten Themes for Your Next Night
No. 03 Americana Night
No. 04 Paper Chains & Dessert Decor
No. 05 Hibachi in the Backyard
No. 06 A Spa Night In
Someone has to start it. Why not you?
Once a month. That’s how traditions begin.
It doesn’t have to be elaborate. It just has to happen.
Send the text. Set the date. Open your home.
Don’t do it all yourself.
Curate the menu, then let your friends carry it.
Gather Your Girls
New tablescapes, tried-and-true hosting hacks, and the recipes everyone asks for — plus first word when a workshop opens up.